From Magic LanternA busy week for the folks at Magic Lantern. First they hack the EOS-M, now they have made available the alpha 3 version of the 5D Mark III firmware.

The following feature detail is from a1ex from the Magic Lantern teamThe most important change is a card test executed at startup. My 16GB (Kingston 266x) card has problems, and I’m trying to diagnose the issue: maybe it’s just my card, or maybe it’s related to this. If the test fails on your camera, please report.

There are also a few handy tweaks:

Histogram and waveform moved to bottom

New experimental display for focus peaking (extreme sharpness)

16:9 bars for anamorphic preview

Focus box moves faster (not yet customizable)

After taking a picture and pressing Zoom In right away, you can scroll through pictures

Saturation boost when adjusting white balance

Warnings for bad settings (e.g. if you set picture quality to JPEG instead of RAW by mistake)